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Ashok Kumar
Labour MP for Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland
- Also represented Langbaurgh
- Entered Parliament on 7 November 1991 — unknown
- Majority: 8,000 votes. — 314th out of 643 MPs.
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- Voting record
- Committees and topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Ashok Kumar voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
Read about how the voting record is decided.
More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Home Department, Education and Skills, Treasury, Trade and Industry
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Computers, Ministerial Boxes, Minimum Wage, Obesity, Prisons
(based on written questions asked by Ashok Kumar and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Marine and Coastal Access Bill Committee (9 out of n/a)
- Health and Social Care Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
- European Parliament (Representation) Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
- Waste and Emissions Trading Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
- Education Bill Committee (15 out of n/a)
- Police Reform Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Children: Learning Disabilities (12 Nov 2009)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children resident in (a) England, (b) Teesside and (c) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency have been diagnosed with a learning disability in each year since 1997.”
More of Ashok Kumar's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 7 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 455 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 80% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 12 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 137 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
6. Overseas visits
10-12 August 2008, to Oskarshamn, Sweden, to visit nuclear power and nuclear waste research and storage facilities with the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Nuclear Energy. The costs of the trip were met by E.ON. (Registered 26 August 2008)
10-14 June 2009, to the Republic of Korea for the annual meeting of the UK-Korea Forum for the Future. My air travel and hotel costs were met by the UK-Korea Forum. (Registered 26 June 2009)
Register last updated: 11 Nov 2009. More about the Register
View the history of this MP's entries in the Register
Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks. Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2007/08 receipts.
| Type | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additional Costs Allowance | £23,083 (joint 1st) | £22,110 (joint 1st) | £21,634 | £20,902 (joint 1st) | £20,333 (joint 3rd) | £19,722 (joint 1st) | £15,818 (209th) |
| London Supplement | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Incidental Expenses Provision | £12,034 (541st) | £19,796 (384th) | £19,680 | £19,202 (189th) | £18,654 (joint 367th) | £18,133 (322nd) | £16,221 (296th) |
| Staffing Allowance | £90,972 (156th) | £87,919 (123rd) | £84,400 | £68,381 (439th) | £66,068 (416th) | £63,294 (374th) | £48,296 (237th) |
| Communications Allowance | £10,424 (98th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £15,083 (74th)* | £14,105 (87th)** | £13,744 | £18,057 (83rd) | £16,999 (95th) | £16,093 (113th) | £10,547 (189th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £245 (299th) | £436 (237th) | £561 | £315 (323rd) | £965 (168th) | £1,193 (132nd) | £680 (198th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £769 (332nd) | £2,642 (56th) | £4,846 | £7,556 (7th) | £5,299 (9th) | £4,556 (8th) | £4,304 (6th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,666 (273rd) | £7,658 (64th) | £14,473 | £22,720 (7th) | £13,767 (9th) | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,109 (joint 480th) | £906 (joint 556th) | £1,711 | £1,711 (511th) | £1,711 (501st) | £1,711 (473rd) | £0 |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £156,385 (159th) | £155,572 (44th) | £161,049 | £158,844 (4th) | £143,796 (19th) | £124,702 (72nd) | £95,866 (151st) |
* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,695 (140th). Rail £10,388 (42nd).
** Car £4,668 (174th). Rail £8,559 (56th). European £878 (47th).